Software Engineering Manager, Sodatone

Warner Music Inc.

43d

About The Position

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.

• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.

• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

Technology is one of the most important parts of our business. Whether it’s signing up new artists; ensuring we provide the right data to Spotify, YouTube, and other digital service providers; or helping artists use the latest AI tools and make thoughtful decisions with data-driven insights – technology plays an invaluable role in our success. The engineering team at Warner Music Group makes all of it a reality.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

A little bit about our team:
This role is within the Sodatone team that builds an analytics platform that uses AI and machine learning to identify and evaluate emerging music talent. It leverages data from streaming services, social media, and other sources to help our A&R (Artist and Repertoire) teams identify emerging artists, track trends, and make informed decisions about talent scouting and artist development. In other words, you’ll be working on the product that helped identify artists like CYRIL, Teddy Swims, PinkPanthress, and more!
Your role:

As a Software Engineering Manager you will serve as Technical Lead Manager where you are hands-on and involved in designing and implementing greenfield projects with your team.

Requirements

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related field
• You’re a passionate engineering leader, with at least 2 years of experience leading engineering teams of 6-10+ software engineers
• You are hands on leader who writes code, conducts code reviews, and is involved in architectural design and strategy work
• You communicate effectively and have a proven track record of effective hiring and team building
• You thrive in ambiguity and fast-paced, evolving environments
• You’re an empathetic leader who builds strong teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, Postgres, TimescaleDB, Snowflake, TypeScript, React, React Native, and AWS. Experience in this tech stack is a plus, although not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Own team deliverables and objectives
• Set technical strategy and engineering best practices in collaboration with senior engineers
• Provide active career development and technical guidance to engineers
• Hire, build your team, and manage performance
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to ensure successful project management
• Reimagine and implement the future of data for the music industry
• Build, drive and uplift a dynamic and highly effective engineering team
• Own the creation and delivery of innovative products

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager